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The vision of Christ that thou dost see is my vision's greatest enemy . Both read the Bible day and night, but thou read'st black where I read white. His seventy disciples sent against religion and government .

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William Blake
Age: 69 †
Born: 1757
Born: November 28
Died: 1827
Died: August 12
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